Sparks says businesses are not responsible for smoking patrons' conduct
BY WELLS DUNBAR
City dangles Bull Creek in front of bulldozers, but county won't take the bait
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Two downtown projects uneasily launched
Tidbits from the trail
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Jury finds restaurant guilty of violating agreement it made with city to bring eatery into compliance with city building and zoning code
BY JORDAN SMITH
This year's Texas Moratorium Network-organized march to focus on execution of innocents
BY JORDAN SMITH
Judge recommends Texas death row inmate Anthony Graves be released while awaiting retrial
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Wanted:new rules to ensure funding is available year-round for consumers seeking to lower their electricity use
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Planned coal power plants loom large, get political
BY MICHAEL KING
While Iraq burns, official Washington wallows in the Foley scandal
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The downtown plan moves forward, but the direction is a little uncertain
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
The Ungodly Pensions of CEOs; and Drinking Liberally
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County
1) Site before development. An ecological assessment of...
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Last month at the fifth annual Conservation Development Symposium, organized...
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
The current draft of the proposed Travis Co. Conservation Development...
Our picks for the Nov. 7 election
Dates, voting locations, and ballots
November Election roundup
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
A developer offers to complete the Town Lake trail in exchange for a height variance on a residential tower. Is it worth it?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
An underwhelming Martha Stewart was a keynote speaker at the sold-out, fem-lite Texas Conference for Women last Thursday at the Austin Convention Center
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Striking a balance among the various interests wanting a slice of the city bonds pie
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Details to be discueed at final noise-education forum this week
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Feud over whether city should require adult bicyclists to wear cranial protection resumed last week when proponents of a mandatory helmet ordinance announced that Brackenridge Hospital and St. David's HealthCare will soon undertake a Bicycle Data Collection Initiative studying head injury severity correlated with helmet usage on patients involved in bicycle-related accidents
BY LEE NICHOLS
Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation
BY LEE NICHOLS
Austin's Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance, which officially became law on...
BY JORDAN SMITH
While patients lose health care, the state dumps money on unprepared clinics
BY AMY SMITH
The LCRA’s wholesale customers are asking tough questions about the agency’s expensive expansion
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The county tells the city to take its Cortaña plan and get bent
The latest reports from the campaign trail
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
HACA chooses to keep independent of city's $55 million in affordable housing bonds on November ballot
BY KEVIN BRASS
KXAN staffers fear the baseball bat to the head
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY DIANA WELCH
Immigrant rights taking a hit in D.C.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Court of Criminal Appeals denies request by Travis Co. district attorney's office to reconsider its ruling earlier this year, overturning capital-murder conviction of Robert Springsteen, sentenced to die in connection with yogurt shop murders case
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Texas Biodiesel Conference and Expo sells out, casts spotlight on the alternative fuel
BY CHERYL SMITH
Ranks of nation's, state's, and county's uninsured have been swelling
BY JORDAN SMITH
Guv's hemp-farming bill veto a "letdown" for farmers
BY JORDAN SMITH
APD teams up with fire department, TABC, DPS, and the city Solid Waste Services office to ensure codes and laws are enforced during all public assemblies